maledicentia

Latin

Etymology

From present participle maledīcēns (“slandering, cursing”) +‎ -ia, from maledīcō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ma.le.diːˈken.ti.a/, [mäɫ̪ɛd̪iːˈkɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.le.diˈt͡ʃen.t͡si.a/, [mäled̪iˈt͡ʃɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

maledīcentia f (genitive maledīcentiae); first declension

1. an evil-speaking, abuse, scurrilousness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	maledīcentia	maledīcentiae
genitive	maledīcentiae	maledīcentiārum
dative	maledīcentiae	maledīcentiīs
accusative	maledīcentiam	maledīcentiās
ablative	maledīcentiā	maledīcentiīs
vocative	maledīcentia	maledīcentiae

Descendants

• Catalan: maledicència
• Italian: maldicenza
• Piedmontese: maldicensa
• Sicilian: malidicenzia

Participle

maledīcentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of maledīcēns

References

• “maledicentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maledicentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• maledicentia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016